Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali and the country’s manufacturing and tourism sectors are featured in the 2023 edition of Caribbean Business & Travel (CBT).
The business publication, produced by Florida-based Carigold Signature, a consulting, communications and professional development group, is distributed to business organisations and leaders, business conferences, travel agents and Diaspora leaders in New York, Florida and Toronto,
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“We are happy to throw the spotlight on Guyana, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. We invited President Ali to outline his administration’s track record, policies and strategies to sustain economic growth and attract investment,” said the publication’s Publisher and Editor Sandra Ann Baptiste, who was the first head of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest),
President Ali reports on the level of recent Foreign Direct Investment inflows into Guyana, including from the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, and new investment projects being pursued.
The Guyanese leader highlights initiatives to improve the business climate and infrastructure projects in the pipeline as well as plans to bolster the tourism and hospitality sector.
President Ali provides an update on the CARICOM programme to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25 percent by 2025. He also identifies projects on his priority list to complete before the next general election in 2025.
The President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Ramsay Ali identifies a wide range of investment opportunities in the manufacturing sector and encourages Caribbean and global entrepreneurs to take advantage of the emerging and rapidly growing business opportunities and investment incentives available.
The publication profiles the work of the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) and highlights some of its initiatives to spur more Foreign Direct Investment to the region, including tapping new sources of capital, while addressing issues such as logistics and supply chain challenges.
Caribbean Business & Travel also features investment opportunities in Barbados, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada and the USVI.
The Caribbean Investment Forum to be held later this month in The Bahamas and the annual Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS), scheduled for November in the USVI, are also highlighted. Caribbean Business & Travel is distributed at CHICOS.
‘”We are committed to educating and informing the business community in North America about the myriad business ventures available for investment throughout the Caribbean, projects identified by investment agencies and promoting business events with a focus on the region,” said Baptiste, a business and communications consultant who has held the Canadian Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) designation for over ten years and is a specialist in Caribbean affairs.
The President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Dee George, why her association is upbeat about the future of Guyana’s tourism industry and identifies her who is also featured in the publication, outlines priorities as the head of the national association while the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) provides an overview of recent initiatives to grow the sector and new projects being pursued.
“CBT has also for many years thrown the spotlight on the diverse and spectacular Caribbean tourism destinations and products as we feel our business audience with high disposable income can also contribute to tourism growth in the region,” Baptiste said.
The Barbados Minister of Tourism and International Transport Ian Gooding-Edghill highlights strategies to significantly increase tourism arrivals while the President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association
(CHTA), Nicola Madden-Greig lays out the Association’s plans and initiatives to increase hotel occupancy and revenue.
Caribbean Business & Travel also introduces the new Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organizaiton (CTO) Dona Regis-Prosper.
